Bernd Eggink wrote: > Clemens Ladisch schrieb: >> Bernd Eggink wrote: >>> I can't get my AudioExel/MD-Mate to record from the spdif input. >> >> How exactly are you trying to record? >> Are you using the "spdif" device? > > I had been using hw:0,2, but spdif doesn't work either. The command > > arecord -f cd -D spdif aha.wav > > results, after some seconds, in the error message > > arecord: pcm_read:1346: read error: Input/output error > > leaving a 44 byte (i.e., empty) wav file. Does that message mean anything > to you? In this case it means that the card tried to record from a digital input, but that there was not any incoming data. Try to switch to the other input, if possible, and/or try the "invert" switch. HTH Clemens ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user